“the fact that different cultures have different practices no more refutes [moral] objectivism than the fact that water flows in different directions in different places refutes the law of gravity”

“One more organ or one less in our body would give us a different intelligence. In fact, all the established laws as to why our body is a certain way would be different if our body were not that way.”

“The story is the same, over and over, only the facts are different and the names and the places.”

“The pragmatic method starts from the postulate that there is no difference of truth that doesn’t make a difference of fact somewhere; and it seeks to determine the meaning of all differences of opinion by making the discussion hinge as soon as possible upon some practical or particular issue.”

“Sometimes what seems to be a difference in opinions is in fact just a difference in definitions.”

“The difference between a Miracle and a Fact is exactly the difference between a mermaid and a seal.”